Pursuant to §
19-23-11 of the Mississippi Code Ann. 2002, the District
Attorney is responsible for the following:

(1) It
shall be the duty of the district attorney to represent the
state in all matters coming before the grand juries of the
counties within his district and to appear in the circuit
courts and prosecute for the state in his district all
criminal prosecutions and all civil cases in which the state
or any county within his district may be interested; but if
two (2) or more counties are adversely interested, the
district attorney shall not represent either. Any district
attorney may also institute and prosecute to final judgment or
decree any case in the name of the state against any person or
corporation for any violation of the constitution or the laws
of this state, in order to enforce any penalties, fines or
forfeitures imposed by law in any court of his district having
jurisdiction, with like effect as if the suit was instituted
by the attorney general.

(2) The
district attorney may transfer any case handled by him to a
county prosecuting attorney when charges in such case no
longer constitute a felony.

(3) The
validity of any judgment or sentence shall not be affected by
the division of jurisdiction under this section, and no
judgment or sentence may be reversed or modified upon the
basis that the case was not processed according to this
section.

(4) A
county prosecuting attorney or municipal prosecuting attorney
may be designated by the district attorney to appear on behalf
of the district attorney pursuant to an agreement relating to
appearances in certain courts or proceedings in the county of
the county prosecuting attorney or in the municipality of the
municipal prosecuting attorney. Such agreement shall be filed
with the circuit court clerk of any county where such
agreement shall be operative. Such agreement shall be binding
upon the district attorney and county prosecuting attorney or
municipal prosecuting attorney until dissolved by either of
them in writing upon five (5) days' notice.

(5) Where
any statute of this state confers a jurisdiction,
responsibility, duty, privilege or power upon a county
attorney or county prosecuting attorney, either solely,
jointly or alternatively with a district attorney, such county
prosecuting attorney shall be responsible for the prosecution,
handling, appearance, disposition or other duty conferred by
such statute. Any such provision shall not be construed to
bestow such responsibility, jurisdiction or power upon the
district attorney where there is no elected county prosecuting
attorney, and any such matter shall be handled pursuant to
Section 19-3-49, Mississippi Code of 1972.

(6) The
district attorney or his designated assistant, or the county
prosecuting attorney or his designated assistant, shall assist
the attorney general in appeals from his district to the
Mississippi Supreme Court and in other post judgment
proceedings, and shall appear for oral argument before the
supreme court when directed by the supreme court.

(7) The
several district attorneys shall submit reports of revenues
and expenditures and shall submit budget requests as required
for state general fund agencies. For purposes of budget
control, the several offices of district attorney shall be
considered general fund agencies and the budget and accounts
of the several offices, including salaries, travel expenses,
office expenses and any other expenditures or revenues, shall
be consolidated for all districts as far as such consolidation
is practical. All revenue or funds allocated or expended
by a district attorney, whether such funds are appropriated
from state funds, or whether such funds are received from
county funds, grants or otherwise, shall be reported to the
legislative budget office.